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From: Sara Everett

News Department

Date: 19 March 1993

cc: Private Secretary

Sir John Coles

Mr Hum

Mr Ricketts, HKD

Special Advisers

Mr Cornish

PS/Mr Goodlad

BRITISH SATELLITE NEWS REQUEST FOR INTERVIEW WITH THE MINISTER

ON HONG KONG

Problem

1. How to respond to British Satellite News (BSN) request for an interview with the Minister on Hong Kong.

Recommendation

2. I recommend that the Minister agree to give an interview to

BSN. HKD concur.

Background

3.

BSN (part of the World Television News), which provides us with a world-wide news dissemination service, is making a series of programmes on Hong Kong. They have a team in Hong Kong at the moment and will be transmitting up to 8 programmes next

week. This will include a 20 minute feature on the current

political situation in Hong Kong. They have interviewed